Nashville must make bus rapid transit work from the start

1:12 AM,
Mar. 9, 2013

Peter Westerholm

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Peter Westerholm

With as much attention as Nashville has been receiving recently, from award-winning music to nationally recognized restaurants and bars, the need to address Nashville's rapid growth becomes more critical each day.

One of the biggest responsibilities our city and region will face over the next 25 years is how we manage transit needs. By now, we know that more roads with more lanes will not solve our problem. In fact, that often makes congestion worse. Many of our roads cannot be widened; instead, we must increase the number of people who can use our roads by investing in better mass transit.